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Apple Lawsuit – not spam

Last night I recieved the following email: To obtain the documents you need to learn more about the settlement, make a claim or exclude yourself from the settlement, go to www.iPodnanoSettlement.com or call 1-888-232-3395. Your Control #: XXXXXXXXXXX You will need your Serial # to make a claim. By keeping this email and providing your Control # (shown above) when you request your Claim Form, you will receive a personalized Claim Form.

Microsoft cutting 5,000 jobs on weak results

Microsoft said Thursday its sales and earnings for the December quarter fell well below expectations and announced a series of cost-cutting moves, including its first-ever companywide layoffs The software maker said it will cut up to 5,000 jobs, or 5 percent of its workforce, over the next 18 months. About 1,400 jobs were eliminated immediately. The software maker is also paring other expenses, such as delaying salary increases and cutting back on vendors and contractors.

Backpack comments…

Thank you 37signals! Even before [I signed up for my Backpack account]3, I had been wanting to allow others to comment on some of my todo items on pages that I was sharing. I use my BackPack account as my personal intranet. And I have a page for each of my major topics and some just random bits of information. Most of my projects involve doing some side programming for websites.

Wii puts 10 in hospital a week

TEN people a week in Britain are hospitalised from playing Wii games. The growing toll has prompted NHS doctors to warn of the dangers. Wii-itis sufferers usually have excruciating pain in the right shoulder or knee. A rheumatology consultant said: “Most are admitted after playing the tennis and running games which involve sudden movements and violent tendon stretching.” Dr Dev Mukerjee, of Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, said: “There has been a 100 per cent increase in patients complaining of Wii-itis.